The Regent's Little Wife

"It seems that there must be something else behind this matter, and it seems that your majesty should not be involved. Your majesty should not be involved in buying and selling official positions. Let's go back and report to His Majesty and see who is behind this matter. One is Lord Li, who is in a high position in the court, and the other is the most favored majesty in the harem. Both of them are big shots, who wants to frame them?"

At this moment, Wei Qing and Jiang Xiaolang were both lost in thought.

This matter was investigated by their two departments. It was a done deal that these two people were involved in buying and selling official positions. There was complete evidence, and it was an ironclad case that they could not turn over.

But I didn't expect that there was a hidden story behind this matter. Could it be that our investigation was wrong? When we investigated these two people, we knew that this matter was different from previous cases because these two people were big shots. We couldn't afford to make any mistakes.

But now that it has come to this, where should we start the investigation again? Could it be that someone really framed them? A minister in a high position of power must have many people who are jealous of him.

As for that lady, she had a strong backing. Who dared to offend her? Her father was the prime minister of the dynasty, and her uncle was the governor of the Nine Gates. Her uncle was the Minister of Personnel.

Who on earth would dare to offend such a person? Basically, all of their family members were officials of the third rank or above in the court. Why would the other party do such a thing? The two of them secretly criticized in their hearts, but they just didn't dare to say it out loud.

At this time, the emperor had already known the news. He didn't believe that Sang Ning could do such a thing, but this matter was indeed related to Sang Ning. Who was this person? But that person did see Sang Ning and did have a direct transaction with Li Yuanfang. He saw Sang Ning and Li Yuanfang with his own eyes. Could this also be fake?

The people in the East Factory and the Dark Chamber did not know who had provided the information to the emperor, but the emperor did not reveal the person behind the scenes. It seemed that the person behind the scenes was also someone the emperor trusted very much.

In the royal study

"Did you really see Ning'er and Lord Li making a deal? Did you see with your own eyes that Ning'er gave the money to Lord Li?" the emperor was asking a man in black in the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, I did see it. But I hope Your Majesty can spare Xiao Ning's death sentence for my loyalty over the years. I know that Your Majesty hates buying and selling official positions the most. Or I can die for Xiao Ning. Your Majesty... Although Xiao Ning is not our biological daughter, we watched her grow up and love her more than our own."

"If she were gone, my husband and I would not be able to survive. Your Majesty, please be lenient..."

The person who spoke was Sang Ning's adoptive father Sang Jie, because the person who saw this behind the scenes was Sang Ning's adoptive father, and this adoptive father loved Sang Ning very much. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would definitely not frame his daughter. But now, he did see his daughter making such a deal with someone else.

Sang Jie is a very upright and honest official. If it were someone else, he would definitely not tell the emperor about this matter, but when he saw that his daughter had actually made transactions such as buying and selling official positions with other people. He did not even think about it and reported the matter to the emperor. He also felt sorry for his daughter, but between the country and family affection, he chose the country without hesitation. Because of this matter, Madam Sang quarreled with him for a long time and ignored him. She scolded him for being so stupid. He actually sold his daughter for Si Chao. Is he still a human being?

But Sanjay doesn't think so. He said that there must be a country before there can be a home. If there is no country, where does the home come from?

Shen Yan knew Sang Jie very well, and he had paid a lot for Si Chao, so Shen Yan trusted Sang Jie very much.

"This matter is under the full responsibility of the East Factory and the Dark Chamber. They will investigate the whole story. Lord Sang... sometimes what we see is an illusion. Is it possible? What you saw was indeed Ning'er, but that person was not the real Ning'er... For example, someone wanted to frame her and someone pretended to be her. Lord Sang, think about it again. What other differences were there when you saw your daughter that day? You should recall it carefully."

After hearing what Shen Yan said, Sang Jie began to think back to what happened that day. He didn't believe that his daughter could do such a thing. Although his daughter is not the queen now, she is also a concubine, and the emperor also dotes on his daughter very much. His mother's family is the richest in the Si Dynasty. Is it necessary for her to take risks to do such a thing?

He finally got out of the dungeon and climbed to this position. Could it be that he wanted to fall into the quagmire just after reaching the clouds? There couldn't be such a fool in the world.

Thinking of this, he said, "Your Majesty, I did see my daughter doing business with Lord Li in the restaurant that day. If there was anything different that day, it was that my daughter seemed to see me, but she pretended not to see me, because from where I was, my daughter could see me."

"You mean Ning'er acted as if he didn't know you and continued to talk with Lord Li. At the time you mentioned, Ning'er should have been in the Imperial College. He shouldn't have been in the restaurant at that time."

"Sinan... have your people check to see if Sang Ning was in the Imperial College or what he was doing during the time period Lord Sang mentioned. If Sang Ning was in the Imperial College during that time period, then it means someone has indeed framed the two of them."

Si Nan agreed and went down.

"Lord Sang...you should go down as well. Go back and comfort your wife, and don't let this matter cause a quarrel between you and your wife. Remember, women need to be comforted. State affairs are very important, but think about what your wife has paid for. If it weren't for her supporting you behind the scenes and taking care of all the big and small matters in your house in an orderly manner, how could you have so much free time? You saw these things in the restaurant."

Sanjay agreed and went downstairs.

Sang Jie and his wife Liang Haitang have been married for so many years. Although they have no biological children of their own, they have always been in harmony with each other and are a model couple in Sichao. They have been married for 20 years and have never had a quarrel.

But unexpectedly, the two quarreled over their daughter's matter this time. Mrs. Sang even threatened to divorce Sang Jie if anything happened to her daughter.

Sang Jie didn't want to do this, but he always put Si Chao first. Since the emperor was already investigating the matter, if it wasn't his daughter's fault, then he had wronged his daughter. Now that things were so bad between him and his wife, he had to comfort her.

So he went to the jewelry store and bought a set of jewelry for his wife. He didn't know when he had last bought jewelry for his wife. His wife took care of him and supported such a big family. He treated her like that that day, which was indeed a bit unfair to her.

After buying the jewelry, he returned to the Fu Mansion. He decided to cook a few dishes for his wife and apologize to her in person. Sang Jie's cooking skills were first-rate. When he and his wife had just gotten married, he would cook delicious dishes for her whenever he had free time. Now that he has become a high-ranking official and the Sang family's business is also very big, he has less and less time to cook. All the cooking is done by the servants.